Older Adult Research Specialist Consult Services
The OARS consult service offers researchers and professionals across various fields an opportunity to gain valuable outside perspectives on their projects. By collaborating with a group of specialists, participants receive tailored feedback and actionable recommendations for improvement. Through structured meetings, OARS helps refine ideas and initiatives, enhancing project outcomes and fostering innovative solutions for continued success.
Consult Service Process Flow
- OARS Consult team receives consult request form and study background materials from research team
- OARS Consult team reviews materials and consulting objectives to create report back to research team (approximately 2 weeks)
- OARS Consult team meets to review feedback and prepares final recommendations back to research team
- OARS Consult team meets with research team to provide feedback and resources for study improvement
OARS Consult focused on investigator’s questions from consult request form
OARS prepare notes → share with researcher, invite to do evaluation
Within 2 weeks of consult
OARS use 4th Tues meeting to finalize meeting notes
Who has the Consult Service Helped?
- Researchers in the early planning stage needing to talk through design challenges (e.g., ways to include individuals with cognitive impairment).
- Clinical investigators seeking ways to increase the participation of older adults and other underrepresented populations through community outreach and diverse communication channels
- Study teams who identified challenges with sharing information regarding complex study protocols
- Researchers needing to redesign recruitment flyers.
What Are Researchers Saying?
Anytime we can consider the perspectives of the target population (e.g., older adults) is an opportunity to gain greater insight into the issue being researched.
- Principal Investigator
"From the get-go, the ideas were on target. [OARS] were really looking to work with the team to address recruitment issues."
- Principal Investigator
Interested in an OARS Consult?
Consults are a free service available to research teams. OARS Consult Meetings are held virtual on the monthly, 2nd Fridays of each month from 9:30-10:45 am via Zoom.
Hire an Older Adult Research Specialist
Are you looking for increased older adult participation in your clinical trial? Are you looking for outreach assistance for your research? By hiring an Older Adult Research Specialist, researchers, clinicians and educators can receive assistance in recruiting older adults, tailoring messaging, and increasing research participation.